DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.3 - - 17.8 - - 14.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 139 - - 33 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2014 - - 2212 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1750 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2903 - - 3101 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 793 - - 1142 - - 288 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 266 - - 173 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 245 - - 223 - - 131 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -877 - - -1082 - - -2313 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3780 - - 4183 - - 3247 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10971 - - -9180 - - -11336 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13874 - - 12281 - - 12270 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 83 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.3 - - 17.8 - - 14.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 0.3 - - 3.0 - - 4.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.7 - - 17.7 - - 17.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -0.8 - - 2.0 - - 3.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 139 - - 33 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2014 - - 2212 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 31 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95572 23 297 26 262 32 256 95572 88503 29 297 21 280 25 277 88503 83002 32 265 31 293 37 284 83002 78398 31 269 43 280 43 277 78398 74403 38 274 45 276 44 282 74403 70847 46 274 50 279 47 286 70847 67607 45 270 50 273 53 285 67607 64608 47 278 52 279 58 279 64608 61800 57 284 61 284 60 273 61800 59051 64 281 68 282 60 277 59051 56166 69 276 71 281 65 282 56166 53178 72 274 74 280 71 280 53178 50350 75 276 77 276 77 277 50350 47827 80 277 80 273 78 273 47827 45569 82 276 81 271 77 271 45569 43518 80 274 79 271 76 272 43518 41639 78 274 78 272 78 275 41639 39909 76 274 79 274 85 279 39909 38308 76 275 81 274 94 279 38308 36824 77 275 82 274 100 276 36824 35443 79 277 81 276 101 276 35443 34123 82 280 82 280 104 277 34123 32796 88 283 85 284 108 277 32796 31432 94 282 91 285 109 277 31432 30041 97 281 96 284 104 278 30041 28610 97 280 95 284 97 279 28610 27119 90 279 94 287 95 283 27119 25558 83 279 91 290 91 281 25558 23923 82 280 88 291 82 275 23923 22212 79 281 86 291 76 275 22212 20424 72 282 82 292 74 275 20424 18558 67 284 68 288 71 277 18558 16613 62 288 61 276 63 277 16613 14636 54 294 54 277 57 273 14636 12739 49 298 45 275 49 269 12739 11016 43 294 42 275 42 268 11016 9488 38 285 44 273 39 270 9488 8139 32 277 41 274 34 266 8139 6947 29 272 33 273 30 256 6947 5896 27 268 28 264 30 241 5896 4972 26 263 28 251 33 224 4972 4163 26 261 25 241 29 211 4163 3450 24*259 20*233 26 206 3450 2811 17*248 15*224 23 204 2811 2247 15 245 14 223 20 200 2247 1777 14 244 13 222 16 194 1777 1416 14 244 12 222 12 183 1416 1169 13 244 11 222 9 165 1169 1019 12 244 10 222 7*151 1019 934 10 243 9 222 4*131 934 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography